[nickcarraway]

[nickcarraway]

Ping

[fwdude]

Do they know it’s 7000 years old because of the dates on the tombstones?

[BenLurkin]

They saw Venice, and died.

[Billthedrill]

Venice, Florida. The Italians were so impressed by this that they named a city after it.

[WayneS]

Native Americans in Italy.

This could change our understanding of human history and anthropology forever!

;-)

[sphinx]

“The Florida Department of State takes our responsibility for the preservation, respectful treatment and security of this rare and unique site very seriously,” said Secretary Detzner. “Our dedicated team of underwater archaeologists has done an incredible job of documenting and researching the Manasota Key Offshore archaeological site, and I am extremely proud of the work. Our hope is that this discovery leads to more knowledge and a greater understanding of Florida’s early peoples. We are thankful for the cooperation of our partners, including Gulf Coast Community Foundation and their CEO, Mark Pritchett, who has provided invaluable support and integration with the local community.”

The redskins have sure got the palefaces buffaloed. There is no other 7,000 year old burial anywhere in the world where the archaeologists would be told to do anything other than dig and learn all they could.

[Red Badger]

The Manasota Key Offshore (MKO) site is reportedly unprecedented and is located on the continental shelf in offshore waters, preserved in what appears to have been a peat-bottomed freshwater pond thousands of years ago.

That means sea levels were very far below where they are today. Those people must have had a lot of SUV's............................

[Trillian]

How do they know it’s a “native American” site if they are not allowed to disturb it?

[piasa]

Another noted peat bog burial site in Florida:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/americas-bog-people.html

[fella]

Didn’t see how deep the water is. That would tell how much manmade Gorebal warm has occurred.